Cable clamp



l. M. REEVES.

CABLE CLAMP July 6, 1926.

Filed March 5, .19 26 I r rwentor ls atented 7 July 6, 19 26.

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-; cantricrm- 1 an mia.aa. aa5,;1ea s a-massi "M-yipresent inventionfhasto do with means for connecting, cables and the like; andjitcontemplates "theprovis-ion of a simple, easily applied and efficientclamp, designed for use 'in' conjunction with a steel or rope cable fortractive and other purposes.

With the foregoing in-mind, the inven" tion in all'of its details willbe fully understood from the following description and claim when thesame are read in connec tion with the drawings, accompanying and formingpart of. this specification, in which: 7 (Figure 1 is a side elevationillustrating in use the best practical embodiment of my invention ofwhich I' am aware. j r

Figure 2 is an edge elevation of the same. V Figure 3 is a cross-sectiontaken in the plane indicated by the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detail elevation, partly 1n section,showing the outerclamp jaw of the device.- V Similar numerals of reference designate thedrawings. i

My novel clamp'is' preferably" formed of appropriate metal or metals,but manifestly itis within the purview of my invention to form theseveral parts of any material come patible with the purposes thereof.

Among other elements the clamp comprises a body shank 1' with an eye 2at one end, said eye 2 being preferably, though not necessarily,interlocked with a link 3 for use in the connection of draft means,hoisting means or the like. A Pivotally connected at 4 to the body shank1 and arranged at opposite sides thereof are swingable links 6, therebeing by preference three pairsof the said links. "j

The cable to be clamped is designatedby: 7, and is held'directly betweenthe clampin jaws 7 and 8 of the device. the said jaws and 8beingprovided in their opposed edges with channels 9, Figures 3 and 4for the snug reception ofthe cable 7? and. also for'the purpose ofincreasing thejaw surfaces in engagement with said cable 7 It will bereadily understood that the jaws 7 and 8 are located at one side of andinsubstantial parallelism with the body shank 1, and that the jaw 7 ispivotally connected at 10 to and between the links 6, and that the jaw 8is pivotall connected to the links 7 6, referably throug the medium ofremovbie pins 11. My. invention contemplates ure 1. corresponding partsin all of the views of tlietonnelction of ll' togoneiofthc links of,eachjpair' by" thongs, chain sections being made so that-when necessarythe jaw 8' or the like, inflexible manner, this provision 1 maybeexpeditiously and easily detached from the links 6 and may as readily bere placed in'the links 6 and jaw 8for the pivotal connection of thesame. It will alsobe j noted from Figure 4that the jaw: 8 isprovidediwith' pairs of apertures '12, the japertures 12 at therightbeing to, receive the pinsll when a cable of small diameter is Thethongs or other flexible connections complementary to the pins 11areshown in Figure 2 and are designated by 13, and I would also haveit'understood that when deemed expedient the pins 11 may be de- 8 by cotterpins llsuch as shown in Fig- It Will'be apparent from the foregoingtachablysecured in; the links 6 and the jaw] within the practical use ofmy novel clamp, i,

the clamp is susceptibleof being expeditiouslyfand easily applied to acable, and when the shank body 1 is subjected to pull, the

jaws 7 and 8 will be strongly held under pressure against opposite sidesof the cable.

7 with the result that the cable will be securely held to the clamp. Itwill also be manifest that there is no liability of my novel clampcutting or catching aicable, and

this notwithstanding the fact that the cable "is held in the clamp'in-such manner that there is no liability of thefcable slipping orbeing casually released. i l V .In addition to the .practicaladvantagesascribed to my novel clamp, it will be appreciated that the clamp issimple andcomp'act in construction and is calculated to withstandrough'handling, and none of the parts ofthe clamp are liable to bedeteriorated by exposure to the weather. I i

'I have 'specificallydescribedthe construction and relative arrangementof the elements in the presentand preferred embodiment of my inventioninorder to impart an exact understanding of said embodiment in all-of itsdetails. -I do not desire, however,

to be understood as limiting myself tothe precise construction andrelative] arrangement illustrated and described, my inventionbeingdefined by my appended claim 7 within the scope of which changes instructure and in arrangement may be made jwitlr out departure from myinvention.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure byLetters'Pat- 'ent, is I In a clamp for use in COIQUIICUQIIWIth a; cableand in combination, a body shank,

7 jaws arrangedat one side of the body shank andin substantialparallelism therewith and means being in the forin o f iinksfldisposedat opposite sides of the body shank and the jaws and pivotally connectedto the same, and

the router being provided with pairs of apertures for the reception ofpins for detachably connecting said jaw to the links,

and said pins being removable whereby the outer'jawfand the clamp as awhole may be adapted for the holding of c ables of different diameters;

; In testimony i vhereof I aflixj my signature.

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